Hold the Pepper, GOP says

For a campaign that is supposedly up 29 percent, the Republicans are sureintent onbloodying upDemocratc attorney general candidate David Pepper.

To wit, the latest offering from the Ohio Republican Party, an internet bodyslam that can be seen here.The internet ad criticizes Pepper, a former Cincinnati City Council member and Hamilton County commissoner, for racking up nearly $10,000 in parking tickets over a 14-year period. Pepper apologized and said it was a lapse in judgement.

Republicans and incumbent Mike DeWine may be stinging from Pepper's relentless attacks on a number of subjects, includingrape test kits,a sexual harassment case in DeWine's office, andthe heroin epidemic. Pepper is without doubt running the most aggressive campaign of any statewide candidate.